MARGARET ATWOOD: “SPOTTY-HANDED VILLIANESSES: PROBLEMS OF FEMALE BAD BEHAVIOUR IN THE CREATION OF LITERATURE” BUI CONTEXT Margaret Atwood is once of Canada’s best known literary composers. She is best known for her ability as an author of novels such as Alias Grace‚ Bodily Harm‚ Hairball‚ Rape Fantasies‚ and the highly acclaimed The Handmaid’s Tale‚ which was later made into a movie. These works establish her as a feminist writer‚ raising issues of women in literature‚ the difficulties associated
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In chapter 41‚ it starts out with Offred saying how much she hates the story she is telling and that she wishes that it could be different and that it could be more civilized or happier. She gives a very graphic metaphor ¡°like a body caught in crossfire or pulled apart by force¡±. This show just how much it pains her to tell this story and how gruesome and inhumane the story is to her. But then she goes on the say that she has tried to put in some good things that would make the story better. This
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In Handmaid’s tale (novel) there are couple symbols such as Handmaid’s red habit‚ flowers‚ scribble‚ and Harvard’s Wall. As we can notice in Novel‚ Offred often uses the symbols such as different colors. For example‚ the red color of costumes which were worn by Handmaid’s symbolizes fruitfulness‚ which they bear a child and it’s also a uniform color for the Handmaid’s. According to Offred” red: the color of blood‚ which defines us” (p. 8‚9). Red also symbolized the menstrual cycle and childbirth
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Despite being produced almost ninety years apart‚ Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ and Attwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ present similarly disturbing depictions of female entrapment. To what extent do you agree with this statement? The narrative voice of both Jane and Offred demonstrate the feeling of female entrapment in both texts. This is demonstrated through the setting of both the novels‚ as Jane is trapped in a room‚ which she did not want to stay in: ‘I wanted the one downstairs that
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From this following quote‚ “But this is wrong‚ nobody dies from lack of sex. It’s lack of love we die from.” I agree with this comment in which Offred made. Although‚ she may not die from the outside‚ but she is on the inside from the loneliness. She is unhappy‚ everyone she loved is either dead or elsewhere from what the narrator believes. In the novel‚ the narrator has no one to seek comfort. Offred thinks that in the society‚ there will be no one that will love her or accept her. If I was the
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Offred‚ in Margaret Atwood’s disturbing novel The Handmaid’s Tale says‚ “But who can remember pain once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow‚ not in the mind even‚ in the flesh. Pain marks you‚ but too deep to see. Out of sight‚ out of mind.” The society of Gilead causes the aforementioned pain and demoralization by using women’s bodies as political instruments. Similar to Atwood’s novel‚ today’s men put immense pressure on women to be a certain way‚ give them children‚ and take care of
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say. The situation turned into mindless people having meaningless conversations. The definition of words were also changed from before Gilead. Women had to try and keep up and learn what everything means now that their world changed completely. Atwood uses language to show how Gilead takes away the woman’s identity. She ranked them in the lower class
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Trapped in the new society the narrator and the other women are forbidden from using their real names or in other words‚ they were restricted to have an identity. Despite these restrictions‚ the women found ways to keep their identities alive. By rebelling against the rules‚ even in the slightest manor‚ it allowed them to experience freedom in their oppressed society. This passage describes the role women play in society. It exemplifies that women are simply seen as objects that are classified by
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At Home in a Strange Place The Prairies are often portrayed as cold‚ lonely and harsh landscapes. The people of the prairies are often depicted in the literature as strong and enduring but with a genuine frailty. The stories of Gabrielle Roy take no exception to this trend. Prairie inhabitants are often viewed as bored and isolated persons‚ tucked away from excitement. Gabrielle Roy’s short stories “Where Will You Go‚ Sam Lee Wong?”‚ “A Tramp at the Door” and “Hoodoo Valley”‚ explore prairie dwellers
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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende conveys the idea of symbolism with the use of names of the characters along with the act of vampirism. Allende creates‚ for the most part‚ a character’s name to be a hint which helps illustrate an idea of understanding about his or her characteristics or role within the novel. Clara del Valle is a main female character with a significance tied to her name. In Spanish‚ the word “clara” means clear or straightforward. In the story‚ Clara is well-tempered
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